The rule needs to be re-done. No one has any idea what a kicking motion is or isn't and they just hum and haw and ask the magic 8 ball.
I always thought the obvious solution would be to allow anything as long as the skate isn't lifted off the ice to make contact with the puck. The only reason this needs to be a rule at all is to prevent injury from people taking kicks at the puck, and making players keep their skate on the ice solves that and makes for clear cut calls.
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